When do you weigh yourself and how often?

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  • Snapshotgirl
    Snapshotgirl Posts: 57 Member
    I haven't been on a scale in months. I hate them, they are inaccurate and you might actually show a gain if you are turning fat into muscle. I use a pair of pants as a measure. The looser the pants, the better I'm doing.
  • XxfitforeverxX
    XxfitforeverxX Posts: 144
    I weigh myself as often as I want. But to find out my EXACT weight, I do it in the morning before I eat or drink anything.
  • SaffSaad
    SaffSaad Posts: 81
    I hate those things drove my self crazy. so i weigh myself every month (early morning).
  • reneadoyle
    reneadoyle Posts: 1
    I don't weigh myself unless at the doctor office. I judge my weight by how my clothes fit.
  • Legs_McGee
    Legs_McGee Posts: 845 Member
    I probably weigh myself 4 or 5 times a week - first thing in the morning.
  • KatsFitNow
    KatsFitNow Posts: 37 Member
    I weigh every day because weight fluctuates up and down every day. It has helped me to understand what makes my weight fluctuate, and to emotionally detach myself from the number on the scale. If I gain 2 lbs overnight, I know it's no big deal. If I weighed once a week and saw a 2 lb gain, I'd be wondering what I'd done wrong. If I weigh every day and see a 0.5 lb increase every day for a week, I'd start thinking something wasn't quite right, and adjust my diet.

    I weigh first thing in the morning, after using the bathroom, before jumping in the shower.

    I'm doing this as well. While weight is not consistent every day I like to see the trends- I would hate to weigh myself once a week if that one day happened to be a "gain day".
  • smittybuilt19
    smittybuilt19 Posts: 955 Member
    Thursday mornings at work. Clothes on, no shoes. The scales read heavier than I actually am, so it's nice knowing that I am a few lbs lighter, but I've been using them since day one so I consider them my standard.
  • sgoodearl
    sgoodearl Posts: 10 Member
    I weigh once a day, in the morning. its probably a bad habit but it helps keep me focused and on track for the day.
  • Dadgerben
    Dadgerben Posts: 27 Member
    I weigh once a day when I'm losing and maybe once a week if I start gaining
  • spunkysuzi
    spunkysuzi Posts: 4 Member
    I weigh myself every morning! I don't get upset it's just a number but it does help me to stay accountable.
  • deadgirl13
    deadgirl13 Posts: 14
    i weigh myself every morning when i wake up right after i use the restroom... lol
  • netta78840
    netta78840 Posts: 1
    I weigh myself every other day when I get to work...BTW Im new, just started last week so with my fingers crossed hopefully this will help me with my goals
  • jennaworksout
    jennaworksout Posts: 1,739 Member
    once a month, weight fluctuates too much on a daily basis
  • tomwatso
    tomwatso Posts: 1,304 Member
    I weight myself every morning between 5 am and 7 am.
  • RitaSantoss
    RitaSantoss Posts: 986 Member
    I try to do it every 10 days or so.
  • footiechick82
    footiechick82 Posts: 1,203 Member
    I use the fat percentage thing at the gym that does my weight and prints out a bunch of information ONCE a month :)
  • FitbeTMF
    FitbeTMF Posts: 251
    Never and never.
  • eaqrlene
    eaqrlene Posts: 1
    Iweigh myself once a week. usually on saturday. and hope for the best!
  • dym123
    dym123 Posts: 1,670 Member
    I threw my scale away. I weigh myself at work no more than every 2 or 3 weeks
  • mmaddocks
    mmaddocks Posts: 2
    Try not to weigh yourself too much. Womens weight sees to fluctuate depending on monthly cycles and hormones. I only weigh myself every 2-3 weeks. Go by the feel of your clothing getting looser.
  • sunshine421969
    sunshine421969 Posts: 273 Member
    People are different...as for me I weigh every morning and every night..I can just about guess my weight for the next morning from what I weigh at night..But I only record my weight on here once a week.... Now at the gym and with my trainer, she weighs me once a month...but I just started seeing her two wks, ago...so I shall see what it says.. Which the gym scales showed me 6 lbs lighter than my own..I would take that any day, ..I have to weigh that way to keep myself in check...But most I would say once a week or once a month...
  • tthoma27
    tthoma27 Posts: 3
    I weigh myself every Wednesday morning. You should weigh yourself the same time of day each time. And no more than twice a week.
  • Drop_it_Like_Its_Hawt
    Drop_it_Like_Its_Hawt Posts: 226 Member
    I try to keep it to just once a week. Otherwise I just get all obsessive over every little fluctuation, and that's not healthy.
  • whitesox56
    whitesox56 Posts: 85
    I was a fiend. I would weigh myself every day when I wake up and once at night. You weigh less in the morning. People say you shouldn't weigh yourself every day, but I have gotten out of the habit this past week. I weighed myself on Monday to get my start weight and I'll weigh myself tomorrow morning.
  • briannadunn
    briannadunn Posts: 841 Member
    I weigh in once a day and put it on a chart on my phone called Libra..it shows me trends and if I stay on a certain weightloss path when I will reach my goal. You can change goals on it too and it will adjust your path plan...anyway, needless to say, I weight in everyday, and record official weights when I have dropped weight for 2 or more days. So if I weigh in at 226 for two or more days I will put 226..and so on. If I have a gain for two or more days I do that also and put my gain. So I fluctuate depending on the month.
  • DamnImASexyBitch
    DamnImASexyBitch Posts: 740 Member
    I've read to weigh yourself in the morning after you pee, gives you the most accurate base weight. It also makes you feel the best. :-)

    This, but I only do it once a month.
  • proton77
    proton77 Posts: 409
    I do it every morning :)
    http://www.fearlessleefit.com/motivation/how-often-should-you-weight-yourself/
  • atla_moves
    atla_moves Posts: 54
    I read a study that showed that people who weigh every day are more likely to achieve and maintain weight loss. My mom, who lost ~80 lbs like 15 years ago, weighs every day. Since its a habit, she doesn't forget to do it (like sometimes happens for maintainers who weigh weekly) and she's quick to realize when she needs to step up her game. The habit has been instrumental in her weight maintenance.

    I've started weighing every day, and it's done two things for me. 1) It's gotten me used to the daily fluctuations. As a once a week weigher, I'd be all WHARGHRLBLBLEEE if I was up .2 lbs on my weekly weigh in. Now a fluctuation has no power over me, but instead I look for trends. 2) It makes me much less likely to binge at night when I know I'm going to have to see the consequences at 5 AM when I step on the scale.
  • Knucklez11
    Knucklez11 Posts: 2
    I weigh my self weekly same day same time :) So its pretty well precise. to weigh more than this in a week, you will drive yourself nuts. Weight goes up and down all the time. I have finally got myself off of the weigh myself everyday kick. :)

    As Frank Abagnale Jr. would say..." I concur."
  • lyndabraczynski
    lyndabraczynski Posts: 53
    Only once a week...otherwise the little ups and downs discourage me.

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